Method of making handled shopping bags



Feb. 15, 193s, H K, STEEN 42,108,148.

vMETHOD OF MAKING HANDLED SHOPPING BAGS Original Filed Dec. 5, 1935 we; HANnLE FonME Ann ArrAcnPK Snvenfor Harford K. SIeen.

Patented Feb. 15, 1938 .PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF MAKING HANDLED SHOPPIN BAGS Harford K. Steen, Newburgh, N. Y.

oramai application December 5, 1935, serial No.'

52,955. Divided and this application November 2, 193s, serial No. 108,824 i Claims.

This invention relates to a method of making handled shopping bags, and has been divided from my application, Serial No. 52,955 filed December 5, 1935 for a Method of making shopping 5 bags, and constitutes arr improvement over U. S. Patent No. 1,799,072 issued to me on March 31, 1931 for a Method of manufacturing shopping bags.

In this invention, I provide a method whereby handles formed of cord or other material may be secured by an adhesive to the paper webs from which a bag is formed.

In place of the single web, a double web is used, i. e., two webs are fed through a suitable bag forming machine whereby the longitudinal edges of one web' are secured to the longitudinal edges of the other web forming a bag tube. 'I'he handles in this case are secured, one upon each web, or both upon one web and so located that they nest with each other after the bag is formed and folded.

In this case, one of the webs may be wider than the other web and its gummed edges are folded over upon the edges of the narrower web, thus forming the seams on the edges of the bag.

The bag may also be made from two webs of equal width. The longitudinal edges of each are gummed and the webs folded and brought together to form a double spaced seam upon opposite sides of the folded bag, thus creating a band of double thickness upon each web and so located that, upon the webs being lapped over and secured together, the handles will be located between the double thickness, or within the lapped seam.

Or should two webs of different width be employed and the seams lapped to one side of the center, the handles may be attached by patches along the centerline of the bag.

In any of these types, the open end of the bag may be creased and turned in. to form a double thick edge, either pasted down or left loose.

'Ihe object of the invention is to provide a process or method of manufacture whereby shopping bags may be fabricated from stock rolls of paper or the like, the material being fed from the rolls in the form of webs, which are formed with slits where the handles are to be located and in parallel relation to where the bag tube is to be severed from the web.

Another object of the invention is to provide a method whereby handles are formed from a roll of stock cord or suitable material, either of single or multiple ribbon twisted or braided and with or 55 without a reinforcing wire, and, if desired, the

ends may be flattened or spread to give a greater surface for the adhesive, and placed upon patches provided with an adhesive and which also act as transfer means for conveying the handles to the `webs and securing them thereto. Another object of the invention is to form the handles of differe'nt lengths and widths and so locate them, one upon each web so that when the bag is completed and folded, the two handles will nest one within the other to form a single thickness of handle when stacking the bags.

Another object of the invention is to provide a method whereby reinforcing patches can be formed from stock rolls of strip material either gummed or plain, and either moistened or gummed and adapted to receive and hold the formed handles in position during their transfer and adhesion to the web.

Another object of the invention is to provide a method whereby cord handles may be attached 20 to Webs during the fabrication of the webs into a tube before bottoming and not having to be attached to the finished bag after the same is completed.

Referring to the drawingz- 25 Figure 1 shows a bag fabricated from two Webs 'of different widths, the wider web being creased and pasted to the narrow web to form the seams on the edges of the bag.

Figure 2 shows a bag fabricated from two webs of equal width and showing the lapped seams on the opposite sides of the bag, the handles being attached between the overlapping portions of the webs.

Figure 3 is a view of the open end of a bag made from two webs of equal widths having the two handles secured by patches to both webs.

Figure, 4 shows the open end of a bag made from two webs of equal width having their edges overlapped and secured by each other to form the seams and the handles secured by patches upon these overlapped seams.

Figure 5 shows a schematic View illustrating the method employed in fabricating and attaching the handles to the styles of bags shown in the figures.

Figure 6 shows the end of a bag made from double overlapping webs, with the open end of the bag folded in.

In carrying out my invention, the mechanism required for the various steps and operations may be constructed in a single machine, or, as part of a bag making machine of the usual type, or, the bags may be taken from my apparatus when in the form of a tube and bottomed and folded er-location to provide a bag length.

and.incorporate.d thereinthe required mecha-1l nismffor making andattaching th handl and severing. the bag tube from the webs at the prop- Referrin'g tothe form of bag shown inFlgure 1: This bag comprises the wide web I andthe narrow web II. The wide wbl' is red' past fthe double web seam paster I8 which applies' paste to the two parallel edges ofthe web I whichfis..

then carried past the handle former and attacher I 9 and overthe relieved roller 22, or the edges of the narrower web may be pasted.

The narrow web II is carried past the second handle former and attacher 20 which secures the handle I6 to the "center ofthe web, Which-is then carried over the relieved roller ZI and brought down' in parallel and superimposed relation tothe web I0. The handles I6 are on the inner or adjacent surfaces of the'webs I0 and .I I and in nesting registry with each other. The webs I 0 and II are then brought together and passed through a former which foldsover the pasted edges of the wide webpontheedges of the narrow web to form a bag tube.

Now, 'referring to Figures 3, 4, and 6, Where the bag is shown as composed .of Atwo webs I2 and I3' of equal width, having theiredge's folded and pasted upon each other: "One'jwebis carried past l the web seam paster I8 Iwhich'aglpliespaste along its twoparallel edges A and 1t-i`s then 'carried 'past the handle former and attacherfISwhi'ch applies one handle' 'I6-upon onev of-itspasted'edges, and it is then carried past the relieved roller 22.

Th'e'other 'web is treated in asimilar manner,

passing byA asimilar paste'roller, the handle`Iorm-.-

'er' and attacher .20 to the combiner where the Webs are folded and combined together toform a bagtube.' In-this case, itwill be seen that the handles'i are securedsbetween the-overlapping portions III and I of the webs, which thus supply reinforcement to thehapdles, o r thehandles may beattached with patches either between the overlapping portions of the webs or upon these over-l lapped portions within the bag, or adjacent theret.

In both. of these methodsitnwui be noted that the handle and patch units are` located in the of diierent lengthsA and widths so that Whenattacned to the bag, the hancues wm nest one within the other when the iinished bag is folded.

Of both of these styles shown in Figures 1 to 6,

. the open ends of the bags may be flanged if de- ".whichjconsists'in causing bag making websvto travel i-n paralleljrelation, and applying anv ad- .heslve to one or more ofthe parallel edges-of said we,bs for `,subsequently securing said webs together inthe form ofwaA tube, of formi-ngcord' handles of dineren@ Widths an'd attaching the same to the webs,'tubing the webs 'and bttoniing-into a bag vso that said handles will liev ina nested'position. one .within theother when thebag is f l'Jl/di-:lu'jgv 2f A vmethod of lmaking handledgshopping bags whichconsists` in, .causingtwo webs f different widths to travel through 'a bag making. machine, vand applying adhesive .to the parallell edges of one oi the webs,"of forming handles of d'iierent widths and attaching said handles one to each of. said webs in predetermined. positions.' combining l the two webs together in superimposed relation, 'and-'folding' themes of the wide web upon the edgesbf thenarrower web to form a bag.

3. The herein described method or making handled shopping bags' from two webs," which consists in causing the webs to travel through a 'bag making machine and securing the same together to form a bag tube,'forming handles of diierent widths and attac-hing said handles to said webs during their .travelvthroughsaid machine in such a manner. that Yafter the. bag is folded, said: handles will 4nest one'within the other.

4. The method, of making handled shopping bags from two webs' of the-same width, whichconsists in applying anfadhesive to one-edge of each web inthe form' of a strip :to provide forlongitudinal seams,.app1ying cord-handles to said coated strips, securing said webs together-upon said handles to forni a bag tube, andsevering said tube into .bagY lengths adjacent to said handles. f

5. The herein 'described method of making handled shopping bags lfrom two Webs, which consists in causing'the webs to travel through a bag ma'k'ing machine, applying an adhesive in the vform of a strip to one edgeof each web to be used for forming overlapping seams, applying cord-handles of different widths'to saidadhesive `strips at predeterminedpositions, forming said websvinto a bag tubing and severing said bag tube adjacent to said handles into bag lengths.

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